State v. Erwin

The defendant was indicted for keeping a female dog more than three months of age, without having reported the dog for registration, as required by chapter 32 of the Acts 1907 (Thomp. Shan. Code, section 2853a2 et seq.) He moved to quash the indictment upon the ground that the act was unconstitutional, and the trial judge sustained the motion. The State has appealed to this court.

*343The caption of the act is entitled:

“An act to regulate the keeping of female dogs, by requiring them to be registered and to declare the running at large of unregistered female dogs a public nuisance. ’ ’

It provides…